Suzunosuke Akado: The One-Legged Demon (1957)

Original title

赤胴鈴之助 一本足の魔人

Directed by

Kimiyoshi Yasuda

Genre

action, drama, fantasy

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 04m

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young swordsman named Suzunosuke Akado faces off against a one-legged demon. He uses his skill and courage to protect people from this threat.

swashbucklingadventurousenergeticnostalgiclight-heartedaction-packeddramatic

What happens

Suzunosuke Akado: The One-Legged Demon (Japanese: 赤胴鈴之助 一本足の魔人, Hepburn: Akadō Suzunosuke: Ippon ashi no majin) is a 1957 Japanese tokusatsu fantasy drama film directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda, and written by Tetsuro Yoshida. Produced and distributed by Daiei Film, it is the sixth in the Suzunosuke Akado film series, after Suzunosuke Akado: The Vacuum Slash of Asuka, which was released in the same year on August 25. Suzunosuke Akado: The One-Legged Demon stars Shoji Umewaka, Tamao Nakamura, Yatarō Kurokawa, Eigoro Onoe, and Ryūzaburō Mitsuoka. The film was followed by Suzunosuke Akado: The Birdman with Three Eyes the following year. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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